Chinese symbol for “horseshoe”
马蹄铁
mǎ tí tiě
Traditional: 馬蹄鐵
horseshoe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for horseshoe is 马蹄铁 (mǎ tí tiě), defined as: horseshoe.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “horseshoe”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掌 | zhǎng | palm of the hand; sole of the foot |
| 马蹄 (馬蹄) | mǎ tí | horse's hoof; horseshoe |
| 马掌 (馬掌) | mǎ zhǎng | the cutin skin of a horse's hoof; horseshoe |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 马蹄铁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马上 (馬上) | mǎ shàng | at once; right away |
| 马克 (馬克) | mǎ kè | mark (monetary unit) |
| 马路 (馬路) | mǎ lù | street; road |
| 人马 (人馬) | rén mǎ | men and horses; troops |
| 骑马 (騎馬) | qí mǎ | to ride a horse |
| 宝马 (寶馬) | bǎo mǎ | precious horse |
| 马蹄 (馬蹄) | mǎ tí | horse's hoof; horseshoe |
| 蹄子 | tí zi | hoof; (old) wench |
| 铁路 (鐵路) | tiě lù | railroad; railway |
See also: Japanese symbol for “horseshoe”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.